The Sun. — London, England, 1836-02-09 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT JNE O'CLOCK. Sank Stock "1•04 151 India 5t0ek......... ........... .... 25414 4 n per Cent. Red. 0144 +1 ,, t5 1 ,:, 1 Ditto Bcnds 3 prn. 3 per Cent C0n5....... 90% 190,,1 1 South Sea Stock ......... v 4 per C nt 100: Old Annnities Ditto Bed. - New 3t4 per Cent ... 99!;,%, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New n per Cent — Exch. Bills, ..Cl,OOO 15 19 17 pm. Bararl..ong Annuities to expire Ditto 500 l7 19 pm. Jan c, 164) T6 7 .4 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1550 ld 3-16, Ditto Commercial — Pm. Jan 5. IS 90 l6 1.-16 Ditto Advertised — ton. Jan 5, ISi.o' - April 5, 1930 Jan. ~ 1570 —' Consols for Account ............ 90% 1 Omnium 4 1 ,,i pm PRICES OE FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds ... ........ ........ Ditt o Account ... .... ........... Ditto Account . jgrazilian Bonds ... —! Ditto Acco unt .................. 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Ditto, 5 per cent. 103 % 1,4 y, Dtt Ditto Account Neapolitan... ........................ —I :.------- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share righton Railway Company Brightod: (Gibbs') Railway London and Blackwall Railway 3 43 London and Dover Railway Company 1 1% London and Gravesend Railway Company 1 INN London and Birmingham Railway Company 5O 114 North Micl.land Railway Company Canada Company' 2O 361 National Bank of Ireland lO 144 Arrived, Du'. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Carthagena 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Flanders ..... 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due A rnved. Due I France ...... ...... 0 (1 Lisbon 0 0 Guerra. &Jer;2y 0 0 Malta 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 2 0 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford,... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 31orning .21 minutes after 7. I Evening 54 minutes after 7 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENINp will be performed Auber's Opera of THE BRONZE HORSE. Yang, Mr. Templeton; Tsing Sing, Mr. Gieubelei ; Tchin Liao, Mr. Seguin; Yanko, Mr. Duruset. Stella, Miss F. Healy; Lo Mangli, Miss Poole; Toajin, Miss H. Cawse; Peki, Miss Shirreff. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. Cardinal de Brogny, Mr. Warde; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost of Constance. Mr. Giubelei ; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Mr. VandenhofF. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Forele. To conclude with—VOL-AU-VENT. The Prlflcipal Characters by the Ravel Family, who will introduce some of their Lost extraordinary Performances. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box -office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, as. 6d. —Pit, Sc. 6d. ; Second Price, 28. Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, ls.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, 6d. In Bvo., 4s. 6d. boards, FNGLAND and RUSSIA, being a Fifth Edi tion, of ENGLAND, FRANCE, RUSSIA, and TUR KEY, revised and enlarged. " The action of Russia on Turkey—the treaty of Adrianople, of Unkiar Skellezi—the convention of St. Petersburgh, have been so completely laid bare in England, France, Russia, and Turkey,' that we need offer in; remark on the subject no attempt has been made to controvert any of its positions ; no doubt seems even to re main as to their truth. essay is too succinct to admit of use ful citation ; it cannot be analyzed, because it is itself a condensed analysis of an overwhelming subject. We must content ourselves with urging it on our reader's attention."—British and Foreign Review, No. I. " The effect of this publication on opinion in England is perhaps unparalleled. The question interests now, because rendered intel ligible."—Foreign Quarterly Review, No. XXX. THE SULTAN MAHMOUD, and MEHEMET ALI PACHA. By the Author of " England, France, Russia, and Turkey." Third Edition, 2s. James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly. -- - - HAMBURG, JAN. 19, 1836. HREE DAYS of DRAWING being past, and NEITHER the LARGEST, nor ANY OTHER of the A ITAL PRIZES, except ONE, being DRAWN, TICKETS of the SIXTY-SEVENTH HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, Warranted Undrawn, are now Selling at 101., say 10/. sterling. The next Day of Drawing will be the 24th February, and the LARGEST CAPITAL PRIZE of the Lottery, being a Grand Premium for the Ticket coming up the first drawn Prize of Banco Mares One Thousand, will most probably be drawn on that day. On further approach of the LUCKY DAY, Tickets will rise considerably in price, but till the 12th February they will sell at 101. sterling. Direct without delay to the Contractors, HEINE BROTHERS, in Hamburg. The publication of THE SUN NEWSIAPLR commenced this day at 5 minutes past Three o' Clock. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1136. Our readers will will perceive from our Parliamentary report that a Committee has been appointed by the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to inquire into the state of agriculture. Though we are thoroughly convinced that it is not in the power of the Legislature to afford any relief to what is called agricultural distress, we are glad that this ques tion has been taken up by the Government. The agriculturists will not now say that their complaints are disregarded and their interests neglected by the Reforming Administration, and the investigation which is about to take place will set the question at rest, at least for some years to come. In the sensible speech with which Lord JOHN RUSSELL prefaced his motion, while the Noble Lord admits that it is the duty of Parliament to endelYour to devise some means of alleviating distress when com plaints are made by any class of the community, he does not hold out to the landlords the least hope of realizing any of those advantages from the enquiry, with the prospect of which they have been buoying themselves up. Against any tampering with the currency he enters his solemn protest, as well as that of his col leagues. "As far as lam concerned," says he, " and as far as his MAJESTY'S present Ministers are concerned, no recommendation or decision in favour of tampering with the currency would induce them to adopt or to further a measure which they would consider neither consistent with the public faith, nor conducive to the public interest." This declaration of the sentiments of the Government on so vital a point was received with loud cheers by the House, and will, we are sure, give unqualified satisfaction to the public—to all except a few nostrum-mongers and their dupes, who, instead of accommodating themselves to the altered state of the times, have squandered their fortunes, and are now looking up to heaven for a shower of old rags to pay their debts with. The sources from which the landed interest can reasonably expect anything in the shape of relief are the diminution of local expenditure by a better management of county rates—a more equal dis tribution of the land-tax—and the new Poor Law, To the first and last of these the Noble Lord directs the attention of the Agriculturists, and it is particu larly gratifying to learn from his statement, respecting the working of the new Poor Law, that in instances within his own knowledge it has already had the effect of reducing the poor-rate in some cases one-third, in others one-half. It is also worthy of remark—and we would submit the curious fact to the crWsideration of the Times—that in his statement of th e beneficial working of this much calumniated Act, a s well as in his general views on the agricultural question, Lord JOHN RUSSELL is corroborated by Sir ROBERT PEEL. For the names of the Committee, which consists of thirty-four members, we refer to the Parliamentary Report. Mr. Hum]: brought forward last night a very ,im portant motio n respect i ng th e li g hthouses on the coasts of England. Th e object atilt? Hon. Member s ruction was,to hav e a ll t h e lighthouses in t h e kingdom , put'under the, managem ent o f t h e T r i n i ty H ouse . It is / :Well known, that at present great expense is entailed , 1 upon the , shipaowners by the high duties levied on eni,,by private persons invest e d with t h e pr i v il ege ~ -,-:iiiiisaining light-houses, from which an immense re -4' ------- - - , nf of this, he stated venue is annually derived. In pr, '4 -houses, only that out of 240,0001., collected for ligm, 70,000/. was proved to have been requisite to ~ Lfray the necessary expenses, the surplus going into the the pockets of private individuals. After a debate of considerable interest, the Hon. Member obtained leave to bring in a Bill to carry his object into effect. Mr. O'CONNELL, we perceive, has given notice of a motion on the subject of the Libel Law. We are glad of this, for the question is one of those vexatious and harassing ones which cannot be too soon set at rest. As the law now stands, it is impossible for even the most expert and practised intellect to say what is, or is not, a libel. A man, with the best intentions in the world, may be writing one every day in the week— as Moliere's Bourgeois Gentilhomme talked poetry — without knowing it. Even praise may be a libel, not less than censure. Indeed according to Baron Bor.- LAND'S dictum, libel is universal as the air we breathe. It lurks in Quartetly Reviews ; in Monthly Maga zines ; in the daily and weekly stamped and un stamped Press ; treads the stage ; thunders from the pulpit ; mingles among the waltzers at Altnack's, and the politicians at the Coffee-house ; and even betrays the cloven foot in fashionable Tales of Life, innocent as these may be, of every other species of meaning. Everything, in fact, is a libel, which a man, who fancies himself aggrieved, may choose to consider such. One may even look a libel—so absurdly vague is the law on a subject, on which, more than in any other case we know of, it should be explicit and intelligible. ,surely it is full time that such an anomaly should be done away with I Ministers, too, should bear in mind that they have neglected the question for at least four years, though it was always a prime favourite with the Whigs ; and that the least they can now do, is to put the law upon such a distinct, rational footing, that there can be no possibility of misinterpreting it. More over, they should bear in mind that the anomaly is so ingeniously constituted, as to favour only the man of damaged character. In nine cases out of ten, the honest man scorns to avail himself of it. Though there are many other public questions pressing for im mediate consideration, the law of libel is not the least pressing among them ; for it does not concern an indi vidual, but the community. Our readers will observe, by reference to a para graph in another column of The Sun, that " a Club of the operatives in Hawick, to the number of five hundred, has been formed for the purpose of taking in a daily Newspaper (The Sun), during the ensuing Session of Parliament." Our correspondent adds that, " The Sun is to be read every day in the mar ket-place, to save time, the weather permitting, and on favourable days and Sundays, in the large hall of the subscription-rooms. The operatives used to assem ble in hundreds during last Session, and had a Morning Paper handed to them from the reading room. They did not much like this, however, and conceived it a duty to have a newspaper of their own." We cannot but feel deeply gratified by the compliment here paid by our Hawick readers to the enterprize and exertions in the cause of rational reform, of The Sun. We have always professed to be of the people, and to advocate no interests incompatible with theirs. In the strictest sense of the term we are independent. We are shackled by no party fetters ; we are no Ministerial sycophants ; we wear neither a Whig nor a Tory livery ; have little influence at BitooKEs's, and still less at WHITE'S ; but are the downright, unpurchase. able, and we hope efficient, organ of the great body of the people. It is our pride to belong to them ; to have a fellow-feeling with them ; to rejoice as they rejoice ; to lament as they lament. Let Ministers do justice to the people, and we are Ministerial. Let them refuse, and we are no longer among their sup porters. It is at best but sorry work—especially in times like the present—to cater for the tastes of a party, be it Whig, or be it Tory. We take up our position on nobler ground. We fight the battles of the many, not the few. What constitutes the wealth, and en terprize, and intelligence of Great Britain ? Not surely the dandy waltzers at Almack's ; the pander ers to the prejudices of a Court ; the waiters on Pro vidence in the purlieus of Downing-street ; the mitred head, or the coronetted brow ? No ; but the people—the intelligent, hard-working, moral mass of the community—who supply seamen for our navy, and soldiers for our army ; whose names stand fore most in the annals of our national literature ; from whom all our most valuable discoveries in science, philosophy, and mechanics, have emanated ; who furnished us with a SHAKSPEARE, a MILTON, a NEWTON, and a BURNS ; and who are at once the thews and sinews, the very life and soul of our national greatness. It is to this great party we are wedded ; and if we now afford Ministers what little support it is in our power to bestow, it is merely because, by so doing, we feel that we are helping forward the cause of social improvement. On this principle, and no other, have we ever warmly advocated the repeal of the obnoxious stamp duty ; and did we need further arguments to convince us of the absolute necessity of such a repeal, we should find them in the striking fact, that a body of sensible, well-intentioned Re formers are actually compelled to club together, in order to defray the expenses of one Liberal daily Journal ! Now, were the tax—which never should have been imposed—on an essential commodity like this, repealed, each Reformer would be enabled to have a paper to himself ; and the spread of political intelligence—invariably the best safe-guard for a na tion, there being no such fruitful source of crime and discontent, as ignorance—would be multiplied tenfold. While on this subject, we may observe that the new silver four-penny pieces will be issued just in time to suit the convenience of the purchasers of daily jour nals, the oppressive tax on which is on the eve of being lightened. The Second Message of the PRESIDENT of the United States to Congress, on the highly important subject of the relations between the Federal Govern ment and France, will be found in another part of The Sun. This Message, and the copy of a letter addressed by the Due DE BROGLIE to M. PAGEOT, the French Charge d'Affaires at Washington, subse quent to the recal of M. SERRURIER, and intended to be privately communicated to the Federal Govern ment, were read in the Senate and the House of Repre sentatives during the sitting of 18tli January. The letter is little more than a long recapitulation of all the cir cumstances connected with the past explanations, on both sides, with regard to the indemnity. It is dated the 17th of June, 1835, and contains the suggestion mentioned in the PRESIDENT'S Second Message, with respect to the nature of the apology sought by France. The PRESIDENT appears personally disposed to drive matters to extremities. The language which he eemploys in speaking of France, is even more offen sive than the phrases objected to in his Message to Con gress at the opening of the Session. " The House of Representatives," observes the PRESIDENT, towards the conclusion of this message "at the close of the last Session of Congress, unanimously resolved tltlt the treaty of the 4th of July, 1831, should be main tained,states and lt s t s odu e ur x e e o e wt u on t i o t ih n net einsistedwelfare a no upon ioi en b o y huu t r i n : l e t ahnathat race, thisUnited ce , not less than resolution ShOW4 At all hazards be adhered to. If, after so signal an example as that given by the Ann- I r w ic it a h n , y pe r o a p n l e e e , u , d of rin heir lo fo g t rbeara l n n c g e protracted unde raccu accumu l ated difficulties late wrongs, and of generous confidence in her ultimate return to justice, she shall now be permitted to with hold from us the tardy and imperfect indemnification, which, after years of remonstrance and discussion, had at length been solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1831, and to set at nought the obligation it imposes, the United States will not be the only sn&rers." This is a language not to be mistaken both as re gard the conduct of France and the future efforts of the federal Government. We regret the intemperate ardour which led the PRESIDENT to charge France with heaping an accumulation of wrong upon the people of the United States. In the first place, the charge is exceedingly rash, even were it correct ; and in the next, we consider it positively untrue. Besides, Ame rica ought to be the last Power in the woild to apply abusive epithets to France, even although some grounds might be made out for applying them without a violation of truth. It will be seen by the Message, that the PRESI DENT recommends two measures to Congress decidedly of a hostile nature—namely, a non-intervention act, and speedy appropriations, or public grants of money for increasing the Navy, and completing the Coast de fences. We believe these recommendations will be rendered unnecessary by the intervention of Great Britain. Altogether we greatly disapprove of the haste with which the PRESIDENT communicated this last Mes sage to Congress. He ought at least to have waited to ascertain the sentiments of the French Government upon receiving his last Message, before thus attempt ing to render the breach between the two Powers irre parable. The PRESIDENT lays great stress upon the fact that France dictated the terms of the apology. He forgot to state the manner in which France pro ceeded with such dictation. He does not dwell upon the fact that the letter, stating the terms of the apo- logy required by France from the PRESIDENT of the United States, was addressed by the Duc de BROG•• LIE to the French Charge d'Affaires at Washington, with instructions to read it to Mr. FORSYTH ; and if the American Government pleased, to let a copy of it be taken. The letter was so obviously not official that M. PAGEOT declined to present it in the name of his Government, and Mr. FORSYTH refused to accept it on any other terms. Now it does appear to us that, to make the contents of such a letter the grounds of a formal act of intervention, as a prelimi nary to general hostilities, is to depart from the strict line of international justice. But the whole affair will end in smoke. There will be no war. Such, at least, has been our con viction from the commencement. The part played by the PRESIDENT, reminds us of an inimitable sketch in one of poor Matthews' " Evenings at H ome ," where a chubby urchin entertains his Mamma and her country cousins with a recitation of Lucius' Speech to the Senate at Utica, from Addison's tragedy of _Cato. We shall never forget the shout of laughter that used to follow the wheezing tone with which Matthews commenced--" My voice is still for war !" The vene rable PRESIDENT'S fulminations against France are, in the present state of the question, hardly less ridiculous. 'When all are agreed that there no longer exists a rational ground of quarrel, he recommends hostilities, and that too without waiting to know whether France will or will not agree to the terms which he proposes. The good sense of the American Congress will correct the rash precipitancy of Presi dent JACKSON. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday. They are filled with conjectures on the subject of the New Cabinet. Nothing positive is yet known regarding the course which his Majesty the King of the FRENCH may think proper to adopt. M. DUPIN has been consulted ; but as the KING merely asked him for advice, without requesting his services at the Council-board of the new Cabinet, the wily PRE SIDENT of the Chamber contented himself with obser ving that there were many difficulties in the way of a per fect re-adjustment of the Members of the Government —difficulties which could only be overcome by an exer cise of that profound wisdom and sagacity which cha racterized the Sovereign of the French. This was saying nothing to the purpose, and so far, M. DUPIN accomplished all that he intended to do in a business which threatened to turn out vexatiously unprofitabie. But though some days will be suffered to elapse during which the KING will cajole the Opposition, by feigning a great regard for the leaders of that body, we do not entertain the smallest doubt of the return of the old Cabinet to power. Two Members indeed may retire and their places may be filled up by persons of liberal opinions ; but all the rest will resume their Port feuilles, as if nothing had happened to disquiet them. The KING knows that he could not col lect together a set of men more pliant, and who at the same time could make themselves equally useful in the way of acquiring a popularity for their own acts. The intelligence of a Ministry, c omprising within it such men as MM. GUIZOT, THIERS, and DE BROGLIE, cannot be questioned, however much its integrity may become an object of suspicion. Be sides, it would not be safe to compel such a man as THIERS—a popular journalist, and an intriguer of no mean pretensions—to join the opposition. He now knows the secret springs of the Government, and could at any time do much in the way of impeding them. Our wish is, that he may be appointed to the head of the Foreign department in the room of M. de BROG LIE—of whom, together with M. PERSIL, the Council Table would be well rid. DE BROGLIE is what PERSIL is not—a man of much information and great natural ability ; but lie has no fixed principles, and is the slave of the KING. Authentic accounts from the North of Spai❑ will be found in another column. The following are extracts from the French Journals : PARIS, FEB. 7.—Letters from Saragossa of the 30th ult , say that the news of the dissolution of the COrtes had pro. duced an excellent effect there. These letters mention further successes obtained in Lower Arragon over the Carlist bands, whom the Queen's troop s in cessantly harass. Every day some of the rebels present them selves to the authorities of Arragon to solicit their pardon, and as soon as the country shall be cleared of them, all the co lumns will go to Upper Arragon to make part of the army which is to be formed in that province. Three ships of the line, the Nestor, Ville de Marseill e , and Scipion, and the Iphigenie frigate at Toulon, have prepared for an expedition. it is believed th a t the three ships of the line will go to Oran, to take on board the troops of the expe dition to Tremexen, and bring them back to France ; and that the Iphigenie will go to the Levant with an Admiral. The Bonite corvette is ready to sail on its voyage round the world. The workmen in the naval arsenal are very actively em • ployed. The seamen of the last levy continue to arrive, and 1,500 recruits have already arrived. The Phare steam-boat, belonging to the divisi on stat i one d on the coasts of Spain, has come to Rochefort to re - v i ctua l , and take on board cannon on the plan of General Paichans. The Marquis of Dalmatia, son of Marshal 8 nit, Duke of Dalmatia, has resigned his commission as Captain in the Royal staff. from 4 t o 31 per The re. duc A tio le n tt o e f r t f h r e om int l3 er e e r s li t n o o f f th th e e de a b o t th of J o a u n r ua c r i y ty says_,‘, cent. may be considered as accomplished, the greater part of the creditors having readily declared their assent to the new financial measure."—Messager Feb. 7. 1 MR. LISTER'S " GRANBY."—We are OW tg see "tiural. It will this admirable novel brought thus early into MT. Colburn's cheap series of the Modern Novelists, of which ft forms aiidliass jtuinstgluyioshbesedrvoerzam" ornament. t b . ein ; I b t o li th as ap t: re e peia rie ws m n: e f ri nl t ia , fe are always be read with pleas4rg• interest ing without being forced, and as 4 narrative 4 is / v ete with interest." KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) LIBEL-STOCKDALE V. TARTE AND OTHERS, PROPRIETORS OP THE MORNING HERALD. The plaintiff stated his own case. It was an action brought by the once celebrated, always well known, but for nearly twelve years the notorious publisher, John Joseph Stockdale, for a foul, malicious, and unprovoked libel, against John Tarte and others, proprietors of the Mo rning Herald newspaper. To that action the defendants had pleaded—first, not guilty ; secondly, that Counsel had on the trial of the King v. Montprivet and others, called the attention of the Court to the letter complained of ; and thirdly, they had pleaded justification. The damages were laid at 20,0001., aid large as the sum might appear, he felt perfectly convinced that a more extravagantly outrageous case of injury had never been inflicted upon any persecuted individual, and that he was entitled to very ample damages. He regretted that dire ne cessity rendered him his own pleader, for it was painful and disgusting to any generous mind to stand forward, not alone as its own advocate, but the trumpeter of its own personal fame. That, however, rested on the heads of the defendants, who had forced him into that position. The poisoned chalice had been raised to his lips, and he was compelled, in the vin dication of his public and private wrongs, to drain it to the dregs, and to shew the Jury " What charms, what conjurations, and what mighty magic lle wa s c h arge d withal." He appeared before them as a pauper, and it would be the duty of the jury to say, firstly, whether the plaintiff was a devil, or something more, or an angel of light, and some thing less. Secondly, whether his talents and conduct were such as entitled him to ample damages to the extent claimed; and, lastly, whether these damages should be fixed upon the proprietors of the Conservative Morning Herald newspaper. He complained of that paper for having kept alive an artfully excited prejudice which had ruined one of the finest moral families that this, or any other empire, could boast; and he had now in court documentary, and other evidence, to prove that he had "ministered to the mind diseased," clothed the naked, fed the hungry, nor sent the rich empty away. His family had been ruined, and his little ones left without food by the artfully excited and malignant prejudices of the professedly independent and im partial Morning Herald newspaper without the slightest cause ; but, as he (Mr. Stockdale) believed, because the paper was sold to a certain political party. His family had been the benefactors of the State from the great Mr. Pitt, down to the small Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Spring Rice.—( A laugh.) The public, however, received their information only from the daily Journals, and if they were to be believed the plaintiff could only be known as one whose breath was poisonous as that of the Upas tree, whose eye possessed the fatal lightning of the fabled basilisk, whose clothes, like Dejenira's cloak, polluted all they touched, and whose feet and hands were like the claws of the Hyrcanian tiger.—( Much laughter.) Why was this ? Be cause it was necessary that the plaintiff should be crushed, and foremost in that work of malignity and devastation were the proprietors of the Morning Herald. They seemed to have had that disposition by entail, succession, descent, and marriage, for during twenty years it had been at its dirty work of persecuting the plaintiff, and all remonstrances for a contradiction of its calumnies were unattended to. As had well been observed by a Learned Gentleman in a late prosecution against the Times newspaper, " A man may recover his losses or disasters in trade, but let a newspaper attack him—let it but breathe one sentiment against the sufferer—and he is lost for ever." - " (4 • - - • • ",( / 40,V _='")l."4l-)V+ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEI3RUARY 9, 1836 ."Tis true, 'tis pity, pity 'tis'tis true." • . . To have the deliberate and inveterate animosity of the press — to be subject to its daily attacks was dreadful—but to be re fused permission to contradict them, even although paid for, was an instance of profligdte persecution for which, if he did not substantiate it, he could scarce ask credence. He would prove, beyond a doubt, the guilt of the defendants, and it would be for them to show that they had a shadow of ground for such a statement. The case out of which the libel arose, was that of the King at the prosecution of the Earl and Coun tess Cornwallis against Richard Montprivet and the present plaintiff, for a conspiracy to extort money. The defendants in that case were tried and convicted on the 9th February, 1834. He was alive to the circumstance, that having been convicted of a conspiracy was no light offence, but he hoped to remove that prejudice. The plaintiff was about to state the circum stances which occasioned the prosecution but was inter rupted by Lord DENMAN—Who told him that he must confine him self to the publication of which he then complained. Mr. Stockdale—The paragraph of which he complained was contained in what purported to be a report of what took place when the defendants were brought up for judgment. It stated that Sir James Scarlett (now Lord Abinger) in point ing the attention of the Court to a certain letter, ascribed it to Stockdale instead of Montprivet. (The plaintiff here read the passage.) He had on that occasion been hurried into a prison, and had lain there for twelve months. That letter con tained a demand for money to prevent the publication of me moirs relative to Lady Cornwallis ; it was signed by the de. fendant Montprivet; the name was openly read in Court, and yet the brand of that offence was fixed upon the forehead of the plaintiff Stockdale. The brother-in-law of Lady Corn wallis had sworn to the truth of the statement given to Stock dale, before the Lord Mayor, and had admitted by himself and his Counsel, that he had- sworn falsely ; yet the whole weight of that perjury was thrown updn the present plaintiff. The plaintiff had written not less than ., four letters-to the de fendants, requesting them to contradict what-at first he be lieved to be a mistake ' - but all these remonstrances were dis regarded. He (Mr. Stockdale) had- been previous to these proceedings in the receipt of 501. and 1001. a day as a pub lisher, and sometimes, on more than one occasion, his receipts has been 1,0001. a-day ; and from that state of affluence his family had been reduced to want bread. Ho would now call witnesses to prove the publication, and would leave the case in the hands of the Jury. Lord ABINGER examined the plaintiff at some length. He could not at the present time speak with certainty as to the particulars of what had occurred at the time the defendants were brought up for judgment. But generally he could recol lect that it was the object of Counsel for the prosecution to connect the two defendants, Stockdale and Montprivet, and he (as one of the Counsel) of course did so. The mistake of supposing a letter, written by one, to have been written by the other defendant, might have thus occurred. Two sons and two daughters of the plaintiff were examined as to proofs of publication and proprietorship, and also as to the letters written by plaintiff, requiring the defendants to correct the mis-statement in the report. Lord Cornwallis—examined by the plaintiff. He recollected receiving one letter from the plaintiff, Stockdale. He had re ceived a great number, some anonymous, and members of his and Lady Cornwallis's family had also received letters relative to a publication that was threatened. He had handed them all over to his solicitor. He had never paid any money to the plaintiff. He is not a member of the Conservative Club.—( Laughter. ) Sir W. FOLLETT addressed the Jury for the defendants. He believed a more extraordinary action had never been brought into a Court of Justice for the consideration of a Jury. From what they had that day seen of Mr. Stockdale, the exhibition he had made of the various members of the family, they must sup pose that there was some perversion of intellect rather than any rational proceeding on the plaintiff's part. In his address, Mr. Stockdale had stated a great deal about his sufferings and im prisonment for twelve months, and that his family and himself were suffering from the general and universal attacks made upon them by the public press. If these attacks had been uni versal, he ( Sir W. Follett) rejoiced at it for the sake of the character of the press. Mr. Stockdale had made a traffic of publishing libellous matte r , an d accor di ng to hi s own statement had received fifty, one hundred, nay 1,0001. a day for sending forth tho foulest and grossest libels, and thereby extracting money from the public. Such was the person who came before them that day, and brought an action, and asked for damages for what he called a libel. If he had been imprisoned twelve months, if he had suffered, and if his family had suffered, could it be said that it was in conse quence of any attack made upon him by the defendants ? Certainly not. But had he not been imprisoned because Lord Cornwallis had resisted the attempt made by him to extort money—because Lord Cornwallis had defied him—because he had relied upon his own character and that of Lady Corn wallis, and had declared that he would not condescend to buy his peace by paying money to the plaintiff. Lord Cornwallis had, by his manly conduct, obtained the approbation of the public in resisting so infamous an attempt, which many had not the courage to do. Look at the position of the plaintiff. He came there to tell them that he had been twelve months in prison, but what was it for ? Because a Jury of his country had found him guilty of conspiring with another to extort money by threatening to publish libels. If he had so suffered, who was to blame ? Had he not made a traffic of the trade of libelling? Had he not made 501., 100/. and 1,0001. a day by it, although he was not able to do so now ? and he (Sir W. Follett) rejoiced that the trade was not so good. What had been the cource of the plaintiff's proceeding with respect to Lord and Lady Cornwallis. (The Learned Coun sel here entered into some details connected with that case, which have been already before the public.) Was not the plaintiff still employed, in the same practices. Had not his son admitted that his father published the works of which he had put a printed list into his hand ; the very names of which were a disgrace to the press of that country. What would the Jury think of a man who, with a grown up family of sons an d daughters, made a trade of such works ? And_ yet that libeller now came before them to ask for damages for injury . sustained by his character. He had charged the Monang Herald with doing him a mischief. He who had slandered some of the best and most illustrious in the kingdom, and who, if he had never done more than assail the fair fame of the virtuous and dignified lady whose name had been alluded to, should be considered as disgraced for ever. What did he ask for? Thousands, to set him up again in his vile trade. Was the publication a libel ? The Jury would be the best judges of that ; but he was satisfied they would never consider it such on the evidence that had been laid before them. If gratuitous attacks were made upon pri. vete characters in a newspaper, then the proprietors should be required to substantiate their charges; but when, as in the present case, they merely gave the proceedings in the Law Courts, which it was so important that all should be ac quainted with, without comment or note by the editor, then the publication stood In a very different light. The present article was of the latter class, and he was satisfied the Jury would believe it to be a fair, impartial, apd FOrroct re port of what actually getaliffP4 at /he time. ( The Learned ConnSel hero read the passage, and conitnented on it as h e went along.) He would not waste their time with further ob servation —the whole proceeding was of too contemptible a e i ti4 r 4f ,•ter fir intelligent men l such he saw hefr.Tp tq a we further iritkireatiOn Ulm% and Ile left it o their ve rdict, to pronounce the article as n 9 Ebel ; bait q partial report of the proceedings as they had taken place in that Court. fiord PFNm4N summed up at some length antipg/wluded kly 'observing, that thp case spoke loudly and plainly for itself. g they thought the plaintiff entitled te 4 verdict at ell ! he should not direct gentlemen like them as to what amount of damages they should give. He would leave the question en tirely in their hands. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendants. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the Loans' last night, it was stated by Lord Duncannon that the Commissioners for the Building of New Houses of Parliament had made their report to his Majesty, who bad been pleased to confirm it. On the motion of the Noble Lord, the Building Committee was re-appointed. Lord Londonderry said he should this day move for certain returns relating to the warlike stores and ammunition which had been sent to Spain. Between the same noble personage and Viscount Melbourne a short conversation took place on Spanish affairs. The Abolition of Capital Punishment Bill (for letter-stealing) was read a second time. The Lord Chancellor communicated to the House his Majesty's answer to the Address, which was ordered to be. printed. On the motion of the Lord Chancellor, returns relative to the state of business in the Court of Chancery were ordered. The Noble and Learned Lord moved for these returns, preparatory to the introduction of a measure to remedy certain evils existing in the Court of Chancery. Ilis Lordship also gave notice, that on Friday he will present a Bill for the consolidation, &c., of the Ecclesiastical Courts. In the CONIMONS' several petitions were presented, amongst which was one from Huddersfield, for the Repeal of the News paper Duty. Colonel Bruen said he should, on Thursday next, present a petition relating to the Carlow Election. In answer to Mr. Hardy, it was generally stated, that there was no intention to alter the new law regarding factories. Dr. Bowring, Mr. C. Buller, and Mr. Hume, gave notices of mo tions—Mr. Hume, that he will move for returns of the num ber of persons proceeded against and convicted for the sale of unstamped newspapers. Lord Howick stated, in answer to a question from Mr. Hume, that the order of Lord Hill on the subject of Orange Lodges applied only to officers in actual ser vice. Officers not in full pay were neither subject to the provi sions of the Mutiny Act,nor could they be brought to Courts-mar tial for the infraction of any order issued by the Commander-in chief. Mr. Hume,in consequence of such reply, gave notice that on Friday next he would move for a return respecting all officers who were not on full pay, nor liable to Courts.martial, who had nevertheless been dismissed from the army. The House then went into Committee on the King's Speech. Lord J. Russell moved, " That such part of his Majesty's Speech as regarded the state of agriculture, be read ; and also that the resolution of the House of April 24, 1833, be read." They were read accordingly. The resolution declared, in effect, that it was inexpedient, and would be dangerous to do any thing that would be calculated to disturb the currency. The Noble Lord, at the conclusion of an excellent address, in which he distinctly stated the determination of Government to preserve the currency intact, moved " That a Select Commit tee should be appointed to inquire into the state of agricultural distress, and the causes thereof." The motion was agreed to after some discussion, in the course of which Sir R. Peel said he had a deep interest in the prosperity of agriculture ; he had a greater personal interest in it than in any other species of property. But of this he was convinced, that the true friend of the agri culturists was not he who would flatter their expectations. He afterwards declared that the permanent welfare and prosperity of agriculture, as well as of the mercantile and commercial in terest, was deeply involved in the maintenance of a fixed stan dard. Leave was given to Mr. Hume to bring in a Bill to re gulate Election Expenses, and a Bill " for vesting all Light houses on the coast of England in the Trinity-house." The Attorney- General obtained leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the Municipal Corporation Act, and a Bill for tile more effectual Registration of Persons entitled to Vote ir. 'Elec tions of Members of Parliament. Mr. Maule obtained leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Consolidation of Trusts in Turn pike-roads. Some conversation took place on the subject of Tithes ( Ireland, ) at the conclusion of which Mr. Shell gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday (this day), to move for a re turn of the number of Exchequer processes, with a view of show ing that no less than between 500 and 600 bills had been filed by two attorneys. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Herald, Robinson, from Belfast. Arrived from the river and remain— the D. Scott, Reeves, from Madras ; Neptune, Hill, from New York ; and proceeded, Huskisson, Cousins, for Jamaica ; Eliza, Wheeler, for Pernambuco ; Alert, Hare, for St. Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 8. —Wind N. N.W, squally. PLYMOUTH, FRB. 7.—Wind westerly, fresh breezes and squally.—Arrived, the brig Saladin, M'Kenzie, out fifty-six days from Alicant, with a cargo of brimstone, bound to New castle. She had carried away her bulwarks and sails. Also arrived, the La Confiance, from Dieppe. FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.--Wind N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrived. ‘ the Messenger, Shabb, from Zante. ISLE OF WIGHT, FRB. 6.—Arrived off port, the St. James, Lebor, for New York. PooLs, FEB. B.—Arrived, the Trinity, Walker, from New foundland. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.--Arrived, the Persia, Hall, from Sa vannah ; Wakefield, Pashley, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, the Colonist, ; Edmund, - ; and Vigilant, from ditto. The Hebe, Harmington, bound to Portsmouth, has put back to Limerick leaky. Cargo discharged. The New Manly, Barnes, from Baden, bound to Chester, has arrived at Yarmouth leaky, having been run foul of. The Kitty, Wilcock, from Neath to Plymouth, was aban doned off the Lizard sth inst. The Eliza and Nancy, of Plymouth, has been abandoned off Ushant. The Lovely, Thomas, from Cardcin to Newport, is on shore near Bideford. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The most important feature of information received this morning, and which was not anticipated, is the President's of the United States' message to Congress. It has caused some excitement amongst the merchants trading with the United States. This important document does no less than shut the American ports against all French vessels, with the prohibition of French manufactures entering them. Never theless, great hopes are entertained among the well-informed, that when the accounts of the mediation of England arrives out, the American Government will prove more pacific towards France, and that the affair will and without firing a shot en either side. Montreal papers to the 13th January, and Quebec to the 10th January, have been received at the North and South American Coffeehouse. We extract the following from the Montreal papers : " LOWER CANADA.—We understand it was resolved, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Quebec Constitu tional Association, to call a general meeting of the members of the Association, and to petition the King and Imperial Parlia ment to take into consideration a Report, to be submitted by the Executive Committee, on the present state of public affairs, as regards the complaints contained in their petition, con formably to the resolution of the general meeting of the 28th November last. It is stated that it is recommended that one person from each county town and borough shall be selected by the petitioners throughout the province, to attend a general meeting to further the prayer of their petition—the mode, time, and place of selection, and of meeting, to be concerted with the Montreal Association. " LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL—TUESDAY, DEC. 29.—The Coun cil-sat with closed doors in a matter of privilege, supposed to be respecting the letter of Sir John Caldwell to the Speaker, at the commencement of the Session. " HOUSE or ASSEMBLY, JAN. 7.—The Quebec Bank Bill was ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Secretary Walcott presented the following message "'The GZ)vernor in Chief transmits to the House of Assembly a copy of an Address from the Corporation of the Trinity House at Quebec, representing the expediency of applying to the Legislature, to provide funds for the continuance of the different ports where provisions have been usually deposited for the relief of shipwrecked mariners."' The following are extracts from tho Quebec papers : " The mania for assailing the public conduct of public officers has increased in the Assembly, and the encouragement it has received from its success in two recent instances, has served to whet its appetite for the immolation of those public servants, who have rendered themselves obnoxious to the scheme of absolute dominion pursued by its leaders and their blind ad herents." TIIE FUNDS. I Consols have been:rather affected by the news from New York. They left off yesterday at 91 to for the Account, and opened this morning at 90,1 91 ; for Money, 90i Exchequer 18 20 ; India Bonds 3 5 ; Bank Stock, 2151; India Stock, 2531 254 g. In 'the Foreign Market, Spanish B3nds, 47i 48; Portu guese, 821 831 ; Three per Cents. 52} 53 ; Colombian, 324 ; Mexican, 37 38 ; Dutch, 23 per Cents. 54i 55k. HALF-PAST ONE. We extract the following from the French Papers received this morning by express from Paris : " Letters from Madrid are received by an extraordinary courier, of the 30th ult., containing as follows :—‘ The or ganization of the Ministry continues. M. Mendizabal, after having had conferences with a great number of the influential deputies, left, at nine o'clock in the evening, for the Prado, where M. Rayneval was invited by the Queen, where it was expected that the new Ministry would be formed, and an nounced in the official Gazette. It was asserted in the financial circles that M. Mendizabal, faithful to the promise which he has made to his country, is on the point of an nouncing his financial project. This ordinance is to appear about the 15th of February. In the mean time the Funds oontinue steady.' " _ The general topic of conversation entirely relates to the President's Message to Congress, and on whiob various opi nions are formed ; but nothing positive can be said until we hear of the arrival of the -POZLiutoon, with our Government dispatches, and in what ma nner t h ey w ill b e rece i ved by the ArliClic4o dovernment. The next ArOval from the 'United States, we have no doubt will he. of great importance, as it will communicate the arrival of that vessel, and the reception that or mediation will meet with. Consols have been, during the whole of the morning, at 90 91 for the Account, wtth little or nothing doing. Fi4clACqUer Bills , I W; India Bonds, 3 s; Bank Stock. 141.110 • b a Market, the business has been as slack as in British funds. Spanish Active Bonds, 47i a ; Portuguese, 834 ; Three per Cents., 53 ; Colombian, 32k; Mexican, Dutch Two-and.,a-Half per Cents., 55k. THREE 0' CL 0 CIC. Consols for the Account, 90k 91, COURT CIRCULAR. The King., attended by Sir Benjamin Stephenson, left town soon after 11 o'clock yesterday morning, for Windsor Castle. His Majesty lunched at the Castle, and returned to town shortly before seven o'clock last evening. The Queen, attended by Miss Hope Johnstone, visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cumberland, the Duchess of Gloucester and a select party, dined with their Majesties last evening, a t St. James's. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove and walked in the Parks yesterday. Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Ernest of He sse Phillippsthal, accompanied by Baron Gersdorff, the Sal Minister, Lord Elphinst one , R ev . M r . W oo d , an d Colonel Bowater, honoured the performances of Othello and Gustavu s the Third, at Drury-lane Theatre, last evening, presence. The Archbishop of Canterb ur y v i s i te d t h e Ch ance ll or of the Exchequer yesterday, in D own i ng - street . The French Ambassador a n d th e H anover i an Minister transacted business yesterd a y a t t h e Foreign Office. The Church Commissio n sa t yesterday for some hours, at the Office in Whitehall-place. with their WINDSOR-MONDAY. The King, accompanied by Sir Benjamin Stephenson, Ar r rived at the Castle at half-p as t one t hi s d ay. H i s M aje ' s ty approach to the town was made known to the inhabitr.nts by the ringing of the bells, and the merry peal was comf,nued for an hour after his Majesty's arrival. Sir Jeffrey W - yattville wa s in attendance to receive the King, and condtir A hi m over the state apartments ; but before his Majesty proceeded to the in spection of this magnificent suite of room's, he partook of 3 luncheon which had been prepared for hira in the small dining room. After the repast th e Ki ng , att'crided by Sir Benjam in Sir Jeffrey, proce e d e d over the greater part of the Castl e ' his Majesty expressing his warrnep,t approbation as to the va rious alterations and improvemcr.ts, and the general good orde r that reigned throughout. At half-past four the King took his departure for St. James?' His Majesty did not exactly fix the day for the return of th e Court to Windso r , b u t i t will probably be about the end of t ho month. -- Lord Brougham, according to a letter received Ye 9" terday, is much better, but no time is yet fixed for his returra t° town. His spirits are good, and he exercises daily. Lord Westmoreland gave a dinner on Su:aday tie the Duke of C um b er l an d, Lady Jersey, Lord F'jrester, aid Sir Robert Wilson. The story of the separation of a Tory Earl fro m his wife invol ves many Earls and Cour.itesses, and is a dig graceful business ; but will be patch.t•-•,a up shire, has entere d . Mr. Fox L ane , o f Bramb 'dm, York his only son at Christchurch , Oxford, where this young gell, tleman will repair shortly, 'from the Duke of L ee d s ', where 0: has been s i nce the de."-ath of his aunt Lady Charlotte Lan e Fox. , The Hon, Charles Spencer Cowper, youngest 50111 of Earl C owper, and nephew to the Noble Premier, has beep _ appointe‘.l Private Secr e t ary to Viscount Palm ers t on , with ' only nineteen clerk's - hip in the Foreign-office. Mr. C o wp er is onl inneteen years of age. Lord Colchester and his bride, late th e H on . Mi t. ° Law, sist er to L ord Ellenborough, are gone to pas s W e t honey-moon at Redbrook-park, his Lordship's seat, near Ea ° Grinstead. Lord Gardner and his bride, daughter o f Lord Dinorben, have arrived in Green-street, Park-lane, from the Continent. Sir R. Peel, and several other distinguished persorls: dined on S atur d ay with the members of the City Club,, 11. their house in Bond -street. The Right Honourable Edward Ellice has arriVe fl in Clevel an d- square from Paris, where he travell e r ove r lan d from Constantinopl e and Odessa ; at the latter place t' Ellice left his Noble Friend the Earl of Durham, with W'o he left England. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—The Governors of t his excellent c h ar i ty , at a recent meetinr - 6 - -, deter m i ne d on apP , li ing to P ar li ament during the pre':,ent ses s i on f or a c h a rter incorporation. TIIE LADIES. --011. t i ne 30th ult., the ladies b e : longing to the United Associate Congregation, Lochwinnol presented t o their castor, the R ev . John Shoolbraid, an dee d silk pulpit gow':e and jacket, as a mark of their es teem a° regard. We 'near on good authority, that when anoth e . o gene':al electio n occurs , M r. M ' Leod, younger of Cadboll, 1 ::e succeeded in the representation of the county of S u therlan d by the Hon. Willi am Howard, brother o f t h e E arl of Car lis and uncle of her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland.—lnv er• ness Courier. COVENT-GARDEN. Kotzebue's d rama o f t he Stranger was rep resen t e d at t hi s t h eatre last evening, for the purpose of affo r di ng Mi ss H e l en F auc i t the opportunity I al?. deee" oneopre a a r o i peering gneisfxohtrer theextreme inaecfitrrsets difficulty,s tiemffee effectively vl M euliy r r s i n . tgoHadallelllei thenr.e delineate. tact h a e nmd e character p a el c i i t l e a it although and i villainy i b n u y t eaffethwey world. ears a wif l e e , has tasted t e a e s r t l e y d deeply seeees o m f i t ss h st e eFinafl pleased us much ; her first interview with the Baron d g e re sc e r e ib ; es it her was daily avocations , was given. so n ", unaffected and natural, and e° 0 t ca l hs y e t sa h hn e ed best part of her performance. We l'avefenvi pleased n e r (l e e w e t e h e e i doubt Miss Faucit will improve in the character 'after a , night's repre sentat i on. Charles Kemble played the stranger e admirably. It i s b ut j ust i ce to Miss Faucit tr) add that th house was extremely full, and the applause very general. THEATRE . e C 4 e, ROYAL P AVILION .--A new p 1 founded on Bulwer's romance of Rienza, or the Last Tribun was produ ce d h ere last night, and drew an over-flowing betls e. Pitt is th e a d apter, and he has perf'armed his 'task with .4 finite ta c t an d j udgment. The sexnery is good, and all. _ 1 , 1 % costume, and o th er stage appoinements, in excellent keeping but Oh ! f or t h e music ; it wit?, wretchedly perfo:med; nor on it been otherwise of late. I;'arrell should endeavour to re° o this branch of the estaUshment in some way or other. . l i, the performers exerted themselves meritoriously ; and Far,e 0 Freer, Mrs. Wing,Tove, and Miss Grove, have seldom be ep seen to more advantage. The nautical drama of lifter,' r ea d of a Britic,ql Seaman's Life, followed, and produced. as W u *" abundance of applause, tears, and laughter. Mr. George Jones, the American tragedian, 1 1, volunteered his gratuitous services (in a letter i'rem Lord p u t , ley Stuart) for the benefit of the Polish - Exiles at C oven garden Theatre, on Saturday evening next ; which liber, 3l o offer (acknowledged with the thanks of his Lordship and t " Committee) has been accepted. We are happy to state that Government hol e granted a pens i on of 1501. per annum to Mr. Benin..., the ce ; l , lebrat e d d e li neator of Irish History, in the characteristic 0 " of the " O'Hara Family." 1 st ` s LIE S UN " AND THE PEOPLE.—In the 'he following eviden ce a of a di s p os i t i on growing greater and 'greater every day on _ tb , , a part of th e peop l e to obtain political knowl e d ge . It ...‘4l'- affords additional evidence of ti-,e injustice, cruelty, a nd .., barons impolicy of virtually - .axing a penalty or prohibitory tax ant the most rational, e levating, n -4 Desire to obtain knowledge. gi We bo a , (”ys :Jur Contemporary) that a club of the ()pl ot just heard jives in Havy-wk, to the number of 500, has been formed,, rhe the pur2ose of taking in a London daily newspaper ( J .„ 6 So:i) during the ensuing Session of Parliament. May i ' : ', ask, is there anything of this description in the prwdial o''''; tricts ? Let the Mail tell us, and if he dare speak out, 11 . 0 beg of him to tell us also why there is such anxiety i tt coil', quarters to keep the peasantry in ignorance ? No person a l, be better qualified to answer these queries than a prime. ,`, 4 Sun newspaper is to be read every day in tile Market• P ia -„; to save time, the weather permitting, and or, unfavourable dat a and Sundays, in the large hall of the Subscription Rood' ,. The operatives used to assemble in InAndreds during l as t Ser . sion, and had a morn i ng paper handed to them from the R o y ing Room ; th e y did not muc h , like this, however, and tra'__, being good, mills, looms, and frames multiplying, an d the_ g : being no reaction, they conceived it a duty to have a no v _ ii paper of their own, notwithstanding the advice o f pay Shaw and my Lord John Scott, in their Liddesdale oration''_ The working people of this place are of opinion, after all the/ have heard to the contrary from nobles and priests, from rend gadcs, dandies, and swaggering shabbies, that the minds ° A men ought not to lie, as it were, under a bushel, and tu s , though some classes may be pleased, or forced, to remain e they are and have been, there are others who wish to learn, an d to endeavour to make progress with the age they live in." , gt THE NAVAL SERVICE, OR OFFICE OS ( MANUAL," BY CAPTAIN GLASCOCK.--" The naval sexeice,°r Great Britain is largely indebted add Captain Gl, seo ck i f s these valuable volumes, which with irable cle•arness hl t " - arrangement, embrace the whole duties of every grade, frel the Midshipman to the Captain, every situation, and throughout all the difficulties to which they may be called ° f ev exposed. It i s a manual which ought to be in the hands cie ery offic er w h o w i shes to acquire a fundamental knowledge of his duties."—Atlas. ..,......___ fp, T )-PLATED HASH TOISN si ti (ADVERTISEMEN . ° with stroll.- silver edges and handles. A set of fe,m. Plated ~, Dshes ' and b Covers are offered for Ten Guineas. The handles " I '' off the Covers, so as to form eight Dishes wh.er,:, required. T. COX SAVORY'S, Worki ng Silv`4smitli and Jeweller, 41r Cornhill, London. variety of Second - hand 'silver Watches way be select el from, all at Two Guineas each; warranted. BIRTHS. On the Bth i nst., at Wilton-ereseent, the Lady Charlotte Eger" ton, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., Mr. Thomas D'bri'n, of a daughter. --- MdRRIED. On the 6th inst., at St. P eter-le-Poor Church, Horatio Co1 1 ' ,0 ,1; Esq., of Old Broad-street, to Eliza, daughter of the late Jol - A n u A toby, Esq., of Mitcham, and neice of the late Lieutonant ; col o Kelly. On the 4th i nst., at St. James's Church, Pitcadilly., John Doi" te t ..-- ---__ H f ess, Esq., Captai n i n the 80th Regiment. to Anne, e).dest claug" oC. Tyrell, Esq ., of Po ~ 1 stead Hall ' ou ifollc. ~.- race, li. On the ith i nst. DIED. , Anne Eliza, wife of J. L. St e i n h aeuser, Esq' of U On t pper-ter he 29th ult,,ls ngton in St. Giles's-square, Northampton, ag;e a S;' John Barrett, Esq. No. 112, St ran d in the 112, Strand, at and P s u ut li o sh ffi e( c l e l:y MURDO YOU' AG, °f coon